Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1634 25 Ton Inland River Gunboat

This is also one of the reasons why Umezu Yoshijiro has always been less concerned about the war against the Eighth Route Army in the rear.

Yoshijiro Umezu didn’t know that a fire in the backyard would make the imperial army passive, and it’s not that he didn’t know how important Lushun Port and the shipyard were to the empire. Even the two arsenals in Fengtianli were not something the empire could lose... If it is in the hands of the Eighth Route Army or is blown up by the Eighth Route Army, the Kwantung Army's ammunition supply will soon be reduced by half.

There is only one reason why Umezu Yoshijiro is so relieved, and that is that the empire has poison gas bombs in its hands and the Eighth Route Army has almost no anti-virus equipment.

Therefore, even if the rear is so chaotic that the Eighth Route Army has the upper hand, it can only be solved with gas bombs, just how many gas bombs are needed.

Umezu Yoshijiro chose to attack the Eighth Route Army in Donggang after consideration:
The other side of Donggang faces the sea, and the defense line of the Eighth Route Army ends here.

One of the problems with the use of gas bombs is that the imperial army cannot move forward quickly after the gas bombs are fired... Although the troops can be equipped with gas masks and then take good sealing measures, such as wrapping them tightly with gloves and clothing.

But this is just a small number of troops following the poisonous gas into the enemy's position to seize the line of defense. It is impossible for large troops to advance and ignore the poisonous gas.

So there may be a problem: as soon as the imperial army hit the poison gas bombs, the Eighth Route Army retreated after suffering casualties. When the imperial army waited for the poison gas to dissipate and moved forward, they found that the Eighth Route Army had already built another line of defense.

Since the Eighth Route Army has the advantages of artillery, tanks and even air supremacy, the imperial army can only continue to push forward with the help of poison gas bombs.

Not to mention that the number of gas bombs is not that many, even if the number is enough, the speed of this kind of advancement is too slow to form a siege to the enemy, let alone defeat the enemy.

Therefore, Umezu Yoshijiro mobilized the empire's Jiangfang troops to participate in the battle of Donggang.

The Jiangfang Force is not affiliated with the navy. In fact, it is more under the command of the gendarmerie brigade, that is, it cooperates with the gendarmerie brigade for security maintenance and patrolling.

The main equipment of the Guizi River Defense Force is the 25-ton inland river gunboat...the name comes from its displacement of 25 tons, and it mostly performs tasks in inland rivers (it can also perform tasks in offshore waters).

This is specially developed by the devils for the dense water network in southern China, so most of them are sent to the south, and only twenty ships are left for patrol in the northeast.

Umezu Yoshijiro gathered this gunboat force to cooperate with the ground force's attack.

His idea was this: the ground troops fired poison gas bombs, and when the Eighth Route Army retreated in panic, the gunboat troops would go around the poison gas area from the offshore to chase and kill the Eighth Route Army to disrupt its rhythm, and if necessary, the infantry could go ashore to pursue them.

(Note: Each 25-ton inland river gunboat can carry 20 fully armed soldiers. Due to its tonnage and shallow water, it can dock at almost any position to launch a surprise attack, and the combat method is very flexible)
Facts have proved that Umezu Yoshijiro's style of play is effective.

The Eighth Route Army was caught off guard by the devil's tactics, especially after being hit by poison gas bombs with heavy casualties and retreating, they were surprised to find that there were chasing soldiers everywhere in front and behind.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army didn't know that these pursuers landed from the flanking gunboats, thinking that the devils crossed the poisonous gas area so quickly to catch up, but they retreated for more than ten kilometers to the second line of defense before stopping.

But when it came to the second line of defense, I was still uneasy, because everyone was not sure whether the devils would continue to use gas bombs.

How should we guard against poison gas bombs?
At this moment, Wang Xuexin's order came down: "Hold the defense line until it gets dark!"

The head of the Long March Regiment is a hard-nosed veteran. He knows that it is impossible to withdraw like this. The flanks of the entire defense line will be exposed to the devils, and it will only be a matter of time before the entire army collapses.

Therefore, the head of the Long March regiment gritted his teeth and ordered: "Organize the defense, and no retreat is allowed without an order! Block the devil here even if you die!"

The political commissar asked worriedly: "Commander, but the devils use poison gas bombs, so keep it safe..."

This is actually not a question of being brave or not, but whether it is necessary... If there is no way to deal with the gas bombs but you stay in the position forcibly, then you will sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in vain, and the defense line will still not be able to defend in the end. live.

Therefore, if you compare the two, retreating is better than not retreating, because retreating at least preserves the vitality to continue fighting the devils. Although it is still possible to resist the poisonous gas bombs of the devils, it is always possible to hold the devils!

And if you just stay where you are, you'll lose even this bit of vitality, and you won't even be able to contain the enemy!
That's what the political commissar meant. He said, "Leader, you must guard, but we can't stick to it! We have to find a way!"

As soon as the head of the Long March regiment was reminded by the political commissar, he realized that he was blindly executing the order and almost made a big mistake... Wang Xuexin's order was to "hold the line of defense" instead of letting the troops stick to it. Sacrifice, can the line of defense still hold?

So, the point is to be able to hold on.

If you can't hold it, you might as well retreat, and resisting orders yourself is better than sacrificing the lives of the soldiers in vain!
The head of the Long March regiment spread out the map and looked at it, then pointed to a high ground and said, "I think we should go to the high ground to defend!"

"It's windy on the high ground?" the political commissar asked.

"Yes!" said the head of the Long March Regiment, "The wind can minimize the damage of the gas bombs as much as possible. In addition, more importantly..."

Speaking of this, the head of the Long March regiment pointed to the map and said: "We deploy our troops on the reverse slope. The enemy doesn't know the location of our army, and the gas bombs can only be used randomly. But our army...is fighting the gas bombs on the devils. Then launch a counterattack!"

"Counter-charge?" The political commissar was taken aback by the head's words: "The devils have a division of nearly 2 people, and we only have two regiments..."

"Only in this way can it be possible to defend!" said the head of the Long March Regiment: "It is impossible to retreat, which will give up the position to the devils. It is also impossible to stay where you are, and you will be killed by poison gas bombs. Then you can only countercharge, and take advantage of the devils' unpreparedness to kill them." Go among them and hang with them, and see how they fight gas bombs!"

The political commissar froze for a while before nodding his head. It seemed that this was the only way to hold the line of defense.

A killing intent flashed in the eyes of the head of the Long March Regiment, and he said: "As long as our army's artillery fire is well coordinated and provides fire cover for our infantry's charge, then we will fight hand-to-hand with the devils with bayonets, and we will compete more ruthlessly!"

"In addition!" Then the head of the Long March regiment added: "All soldiers should prepare for the necessary anti-virus preparations, such as covering their faces with rags!"

(End of this chapter)